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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Griff Rhys Jones meets the Sicilian cucumber-growing community of Essex, sails a gunpowder boat and trains with a team of veteran rowers as he explores the Lea. Show more

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Two Ton Tessie!

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Entertainment and the arts magazine. A look at the colourful career of legendary music hall star Tessie O'Shea, who styled herself Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee. Show more

National Treasures of Wales

Series 1

Episode 1: Coastal Care

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Griff Rhys Jones discovers how the National Trust looks after some of Wales's national treasures. He begins with the 157 miles of coastline it owns and cares for. Show more

National Treasures of Wales

Series 1

Episode 2: Plas Newydd

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Griff Rhys Jones discovers how the National Trust looks after some of Wales's national treasures. In this programme, he visits Plas Newydd on the island of Anglesey. Show more

National Treasures of Wales

Series 1

Episode 3: Farms

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Griff Rhys Jones discovers how the National Trust looks after some of Wales's national treasures. In this programme he examines the management of the Trust's farmland. Show more

National Treasures of Wales

Series 1

Episode 4: Tredegar House

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Griff Rhys Jones discovers how the National Trust looks after some of Wales's national treasures. In the final programme, Griff visits Tredegar House. Show more

Legends of Welsh Sport

Football Legends

Rob Page

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Wales HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Available for years

The story of the boy from Tylorstown who would transform the fortunes of Welsh football by smashing six decades of hurt and leading his team to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary in which Charles Hazlewood explores contemporary dance and actively participates in it to find his own way into a greater understanding of an often misunderstood genre. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Paul Bullock

New Power Generation: Black Music Legends of the 1980s

Episode 3: Lionel Richie: Dancing on the Ceiling

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Film showing how Lionel Richie achieved his dream of becoming 'as big as The Beatles' and how much of what he learnt from his years with The Commodores prepared him for success. Show more

Hidden Killers

The Post-War Home

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on Red Button One

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb explores the time when British people embraced modern design for the first time after years of austerity. However, there were also unexpected dangers lurking. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Modern Television Ltd
Executive Producer:
Clare Paterson
Executive Producer:
Sarah Broughton

Hidden Killers

The Victorian Home

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

In a genuine horror story, Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the lethal products, gadgets and conveniences that lurked in every room of the Victorian home and shows how they were unmasked. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Griff Rhys Jones
Executive Producer:
Liz Hartford
Executive Producer:
Sarah Broughton

Hidden Killers

New Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on Red Button One

Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the killer products that surrounded the Victorians, as the domestic horrors of home life in the 19th century and the terrible consequences are laid bare. Show more

Hidden Killers

The Edwardian Home

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on Red Button One

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the damage caused by the hazardous new inventions lurking in British people's homes as the 20th century dawned under the reign King Edward VII. Show more

Hidden Killers

The Tudor Home

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to Tudor times, when the newly emergent middle classes had money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Modern Television Ltd
Executive Producer:
Jobim Sampson
Executive Producer:
Sarah Broughton

Legends of Welsh Sport

Series 2

Glenn Webbe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Wales HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Available for 9 months

Welsh rugby rebel Glenn Webbe broke all the rules. Young, gifted and black, he dispensed with the status quo and fought his way into a unique place in sporting history. Show more

Wynne's Welsh 70s

Series 1

1973

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 6 months

Radio Wales presenter Wynne Evans and his dog Ginny look through the BBC Wales archive. There's music from Sir Geraint Evans and Dave Edmunds shows us his recording techniques at Rockfield. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

How Andrew Davies transforms the classics into prime-time television. A profile exploring both his creative process and the influence of his childhood in Cardiff. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Davies
Executive Producer:
Sarah Broughton

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Profile of the great British contralto Kathleen Ferrier. Contributors include Janet Baker, George Christie, Evelyn Barbirolli and Ian Jack.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Lindsay
Producer:
Valerie Croft
Participant:
Janet Baker
Participant:
Robert Souhami
Participant:
Ian Jack
Participant:
Evelyn Barbirolli
Participant:
Alan Blyth
Participant:
John Steane
Participant:
Marion Thorpe
Participant:
George Christie
Participant:
Veronica Dunne
Participant:
Adele Leigh